The premiere is booming! As soon as this basketball program returns, it is the perfect combination of the peak explosive point of sports variety, the diversification of players, the professionalism and internationalization of the players, the cruel competition system, the perfect combination of variety and competition

Earlier, some people thought of combining the form of competitive sports and variety shows to create a national-level competitive variety show.

Nowadays, we finally have our own competitive variety show, this year to the fourth season, its players are stronger, the format is more brutal, the competition is more intense, as soon as it goes online, it is the favorite of Tomato Jun -

This! It's a slam dunk.

Season four

Many viewers don't know that the most popular sport in China is basketball.

There are nearly 300 million basketball enthusiasts in China, and this number is the first in the world. In addition to the domestic CBA league, the NBA league in the United States also has a large number of fans in China.

The public viewing rate of basketball in China is 34.9%, which is a crushing level for other sports. And "This! It is the slam dunk that captures the characteristics of basketball in the Chinese.

The reason why Tomato Jun is so obsessed with "Slam Dunk" is because in the fourth season, its three explosive points have been discovered and displayed without exception.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="105" > the diversification, specialization and internationalization of participants</h1>

As a competitive variety show, the title is of course in two words: competition.

To put it in layman's terms, it's a game. The contestants of the fourth season can be described as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

The program team found more than 100 top players at home and abroad, and at the same time divided them into three groups in the grouping of "manager + coach + female team leader".

In the selection of players, the program group can be said to have really made a bloody investment.

Many viewers may feel that since it is a variety show, everyone can play and play, and there is no need to be more real. But the fourth season of "Slam Dunk" is really "more real" with the audience.

The level of the players is roughly divided into three levels:

The first is the "Passerby King" level

There are both Internet celebrity players, such as: Li Yan, who is very hot on the short video.

Because of his unique shooting style, he gained a lot of fans. But he himself loves basketball and has a certain level of competition.

Smash brother also once said in the live broadcast: CBA can't prevent me.

In addition to the Internet celebrity players, the program team also found top passers-by, like the trio of shanghai Chongming YM label, they have not lost in the national 3V3 competition.

The second is – national and professional

What is the national level?

The first to appear was a member of the national three-person basketball training team, of which Zhang Zhiyuan was 210 centimeters tall and weighed 100 kilograms, who was selected for the National Youth League in 16 years and the National Olympic Games in 17 years.

Li Hongquan of the "National Youth Three Sons" team is a player of the NCAA in the American College Basketball Professional League and has joined the Shanghai men's basketball team.

When it comes to the most professional players in the country, it is naturally a professional player in the CBA league.

This program group also has invitations, "CBA Basketball Successors" and "CBA Basketball Team", both three-person teams composed of professional players from the CBA.

The third is the international level

In fact, "Slam Dunk" is also inextricably linked to the NBA.

Mix's Evan Gordon is the younger brother of NBA Rockets player Eric Gordon.

In addition to this, there is also the strongest foreign aid team.

The three people on the team were once CBA foreign aides, especially CJ Trotter, who is a foreign aid of the CBA Tianjin team, with strong strength and is an all-round player.

Since the first season, he has participated in "This! Many young players have been selected by the CBA Professional League.

As a variety show, "Slam Dunk" not only provides a stage for high-level golfers to show themselves, but also provides exposure and traffic for those skilled and low-key strength players.

Looking at the level of players in the fourth season, this is not at all leaning on variety shows, but on semi-professional and professional basketball.

Here, the audience can really see the "basketball gods" who usually only see in the video, and can also answer a question that all basketball fans have wondered for many years: when amateurs meet professionals, when the domestic top meets the foreign top, how big is the gap?

This question is the second breaking point of "Slam Dunk".

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="41" > the second and brutal format</h1>

More than a hundred players, not directly advanced, they have to go through a brutal competition, after being selected by three teams, they can move on to the next step.

How to choose? Break the wrist with the team of examiners - if you win, all the members will be promoted; if they fail, all the staff will be determined.

The three teams of examiners are also passers-by kings from the people, semi-professional leagues and top international players.

The first team of examiners was the "Street Ball" examiners.

They are made up of three top grassroots street fighters. The first "fruit brother" Cao Fang, the 2014 and 2016 China Street Ball Championship National Champion.

Cao Fangren has a lot of harsh words, and the jump shot in one hand is picturesque.

"Cold-faced Assassin" Bai Jing, the King of Passers-by won 29 championships, the King of Passers-by.

Yang Zheng is known as the "hegemon of Dongdan" and is the strongest MOP (same as MVP) in Sunset Dongdan.

The second team of examiners is the "College Examiners", which are composed of three main players from Xiamen University in the Chinese University Student Professional League.

Xiamen University was the third place in the CUBA last year, and as a semi-professional league, it is the main source of talent for the CBA, and the level of these three players is higher than that of many professional players, which cannot be underestimated.

The third team of appraisers is even more powerful, they are the international appraisers.

Although coming from a club, they are both "national three-man basketball team" sparring partners. At the same time, they have played in the world's top 3v3 matches, masters and other leagues, so they are the strongest team in the entire examiner team.

Looking at the examiner, everyone feels that the weakest is definitely the "street" examiner, because after all, it is a grassroots player, and there has always been a popular saying in China: don't use your hobbies to challenge other people's jobs.

So when Guo Allen asked which examiner the contestants wanted to play, everyone was in unison: street!

The street team is not instigated, in the face of everyone's contempt, Cao Fang said: The more cheerful this will be, the more fierce it will be to clean you up.

Before I could play the ball, the mouth cannon was on the bar, and the smell of gunpowder gradually became stronger.

The first team, Shenyang Zero brand, picked the street team and wanted to pinch this "soft persimmon". As a result, the street examiner won the first victory with Cao Fang's several three-pointers.

This victory also seems to be justifying the name of Chinese street basketball.

Especially in the game, Cao Fang and Yang Zheng also had a rather tacit understanding of the pass cut air to catch the violent buckle, burning the whole field!

The goal also ignited the atmosphere on the pitch.

So "grassroots" vs ." "pro", who can win? "Slam Dunk" gave the audience the answer with a bloody game.

Although facing a "wheel war", the "street ball" examiner was repeatedly challenged, and then met with the "CBA basketball heirs" team.

In the face of professional players, the three street players are obviously a bit vain, but they are still not encouraged, because the atmosphere is set off, and the ball has also been given a high degree of attention.

As soon as they came up, the street team scored three points first.

After that, the streets continued to rely on experience to score points, and the professional players of the CBA were in a mess, and could only score by free throws.

But professional players have professional qualities after all, and soon the score will be close and tied.

At the critical moment, Cao Fang stabilized the situation with a three-pointer and finally won.

The discussion topic of "grassroots" vs "profession" was finally concluded by the 6 points of "grassroots players".

Although an ordinary 3V3 does not lead to a final conclusion about grassroots and careers, the spirit of several street players who dare to fight and the courage not to give up are worth learning from any ordinary person who loves basketball.

Their domineering spirit on the court is also one of the sources of our love for basketball.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="109" > the perfect combination of variety shows and competitions</h1>

To say that the most popular place in "Slam Dunk" is still a perfect combination of competition and variety.

"Slam Dunk" has both the sense of entertainment of a variety show and the fierceness of confrontation.

In terms of format, there are both 1V1 (that is, heads-up), 3V3, and 5V5 regular basketball, which protects the diversity of basketball formats and the respect for the competitive level to the greatest extent.

In terms of program planning, the main creator shows the spirit of innovation.

First of all, when each team plays, it will have a unique team name, and some players also have a "flower name", or can be called a nickname.

For example, the handsome-looking Wen Jialong is called "Ji Da Liu Chuan Feng".

Yang Zheng, nicknamed "Dongdan Overlord".

When one player after another played, there was a feeling of holding a "martial arts conference" in the basketball world, feeling that everyone was armed with special skills, and everyone came to "Slam Dunk" for the sake of Huashan on the sword and cooking wine on the hero.

Secondly, the choice of several managers and coaches is also very elaborate.

The managers are all "straight men" players, and they all love basketball, and Ouhao's basketball level is very good, and he has also played star games.

Li Chen is a regular at the field.

The choice of coach is based on "professional".

Zhu Fangyu, a former national team star, is now the manager of the CBA Guangdong team; Marbury is the head coach of the Beijing Forbidden Warriors; and Guo Allen is an active player in the national team, whether professional or senior, all three of them deserve the duties of coaching.

And Guo Allen's big grinning personality is simply one of the members of the "atmosphere group".

There are also three female team leaders, namely Bao Shang'en, Zeng Keni, and Dai Yanni. The female team leader is young and beautiful, and she is the most important cheerleader of the team, and there are also links in the competition.

In the latest competition, the female leader is required to do a flat and squat against the wall to win shooting time for the manager.

The female team leader, the tablet can do 3 minutes and 32 seconds, it is really not easy.

Finally, the game is also full of highlights.

In the game, there are many final shots, with the thrill of watching professional games.

If you enter, you will win, and if you don't enter, you will lose, and this kind of game is strong enough in itself!

At present, the players of each group have been selected, and the official 5V5 match has begun, what is the result after that? Can grassroots and professional players, national and international players work together to get the final promotion place?

We'll see what we'll see in the next show!

(Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Board: Yang Yang)